Bug 167109 - click on checkbox only makes selecting files very difficult
Summary: click on checkbox only makes selecting files very difficult
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kget
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KGet authors
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Reported: 2008-07-21 00:15 UTC by Ferdinand Gassauer
Modified: 2008-07-29 00:18 UTC (History)
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Created patch to allow MultiSelection in the treewidget and added an option to check all selected items (3.54 KB, patch)
2008-07-24 20:23 UTC, Javier goday
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Description Ferdinand Gassauer 2008-07-21 00:15:41 UTC
Version:           2.1.0 (using 4.1.00 (KDE 4.0.99 (4.1 RC1+)) "release 10.2", KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop / openSUSE_10.3)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.22.18-0.2-default

trying to display and select rpm's only on

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/UNSTABLE/openSUSE_10.3/x86_64/

is very difficult - the file names include the path - IMHO not always necessary -

one has to click in the checkbox to select a file - the name of the file is far away - it should be possible to select a file by clicking on the file name (as before)
Comment 1 Urs Wolfer 2008-07-21 21:13:43 UTC
SVN commit 836128 by uwolfer:

* show only filename in filename column
* items checkable with doubleclick
BUG:167109

 M  +4 -4      kget_linkview.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=836128
Comment 2 Urs Wolfer 2008-07-21 21:18:22 UTC
SVN commit 836129 by uwolfer:

Backport:
SVN commit 836128 by uwolfer:

* show only filename in filename column
* items checkable with doubleclick
CCBUG:167109

 M  +4 -4      kget_linkview.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=836129
Comment 3 Carsten Pfeiffer 2008-07-21 21:35:19 UTC
Am Montag, 21. Juli 2008 schrieb Urs Wolfer:

> * items checkable with doubleclick


That's still much less convenient than the way it worked in KDE 3.x (having to 
double click every single link you want to download).

In 3.x you could for example sort by file type, select the first element of a 
given type, hold shift (to enable multi-selection) and then select the last 
element of that file type. Extending that selection with other elements was 
also possible (as usual with multi-selection).

Cheers,
Carsten
Comment 4 Ferdinand Gassauer 2008-07-21 21:59:13 UTC
I agree with  Carstens comment

current workaround - 
Select all + filter not wanted and deselect filtered 
a bit awkward though
Comment 5 Urs Wolfer 2008-07-21 22:14:59 UTC
Usabilty experts suggested to add checkboxes in the item view (see: http://reviews.holehan.org/KGet/LinksList).
The issue is that (AFAIK) item views with checkboxes only support item selections with double click. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Comment 6 Carsten Pfeiffer 2008-07-22 12:09:14 UTC
Am Montag, 21. Juli 2008 schrieb Urs Wolfer:

> Usabilty experts suggested to add checkboxes in the item view (see:
> http://reviews.holehan.org/KGet/LinksList). 


For selecting single files, I would agree that checkboxes are nicer, but the 
whole idea of the "list all links" feature is that you select a whole batch 
of files at once, so that you don't have to click all links manually...

> The issue is that (AFAIK) item 
> views with checkboxes only support item selections with double click.


A compromise would be to keep the checkboxes, but still allow multi-selection. 
Then only an action "check selected" and possible "uncheck selected" would be 
needed.

What do you think?

Cheers,
Carsten
Comment 7 Ferdinand Gassauer 2008-07-22 13:38:49 UTC
the common way for multi selection (dolphin)
(CTRL+LMB) for multiple single lines
and 
(Shift+LMB) for ranges
should be implemented here.

the checkboxes are a nice feature, but IMHO should be also activated by single click on a file - like many other checkboxes which are activated by clicking on the associated text. (again dolphin configure ...)
Comment 8 Carsten Pfeiffer 2008-07-22 15:57:06 UTC
Am Dienstag, 22. Juli 2008 schrieb Ferdinand Gassauer:

> the common way for multi selection (dolphin)
> (CTRL+LMB) for multiple single lines
> and
> (Shift+LMB) for ranges
> should be implemented here.


This would automatically work when activating multi-selection for the view (as 
it worked in 3.x).

> the checkboxes are a nice feature, but IMHO should be also activated by
> single click on a file - like many other checkboxes which are activated by
> clicking on the associated text. (again dolphin configure ...)


Mixing selection (highlighted) and checking (click on the check-mark-square) 
would be confusing, I'm afraid.

Selecting a single file would both select and check?
Selecting a range of files with Shift would select all, but check only the 
first and last (those that were actually clicked)?
What about selecting with the keyboard?

Better keep selection and checking distinct and provide a separate action to 
[un]check the selection.

Cheers,
Carsten
Comment 9 Ferdinand Gassauer 2008-07-22 16:15:04 UTC
IMHO reuse technology used in dolphin to select/open files - it will/should be common knowledge
Comment 10 Javier goday 2008-07-24 20:23:33 UTC
Created attachment 26381 [details]
Created patch to allow MultiSelection in the treewidget and added an option to check all selected items
Comment 11 Carsten Pfeiffer 2008-07-29 00:18:14 UTC
Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2008 schrieb jgoday:

> Created patch to allow MultiSelection in the treewidget and added an option
> to check all selected items


Looks cool to me! 

Thanks a lot,
Carsten